Ben K. D. Pearce, PhD
@AstroBio_Ben
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Assistant Prof at Purdue EAPS. PI of the Lab for Origins and Astrobiology Research. Rock climber, power lifter, trail runner.
Baltimore, MD
Joined May 2015
I'm humbled to be surrounded by such an incredible group of PhD students! Plans are emerging for our first group lab paper. Stay tuned!. @PurdueEAPS.#BoilerUp #Astrobiology #PrebioticChemistry #OriginsofLife
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The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship applications have opened for 2025, and Purdue is a new host institution!. If you are a final-year PhD or 1st- or 2nd-year postdoc interested in origins of life, prebiotic chemistry, or the search for life, my lab might be a fit!.
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I ran my first marathon race over the weekend. Chip time: 3:55:47. I didn't think I'd ever do something like this. But, here I am, continuing to push myself to improve. It's wild what you can push your body to do with enough training.
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and tons more! But, I am very open to soliciting ideas from the masses. Do you have any fun active learning ideas that have worked well for your courses? I'd love to chat.
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I'm developing an Introduction to Astrobiology course for this fall at Purdue. Every Friday will be a fun active learning lab. Some plans are to do a SETI demo with a Software Defined Radio plugin for my laptop, journal entries, making Hinge profiles for the CHNOPS elements, . .
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We're throwing my past PhD advisor, Ralph Pudritz, a 3-day symposium to celebrate his career and new Emeritus status. Consider registering for this event if you have an interest in star formation, planet formation and/or astrobiology!.
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The main instrument for the LOAR group is installed! . This is an Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer. We can separate all soluble species in any sample of any kind! But we'll be focusing on prebiotic chem. This summer is going to be a blast!
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PhD Position in Computational Astrobiology and Quantum Chemistry at Chalmers with a fantastic PI: Martin Rahm. Focusing on HCN chemistry on Titan!
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I said it, and I meant it!. This is arguably the most exciting organic detection to date on Mars. Check out this excellently written article (Ashley Strickland) about some incredible science done by Dr. Caroline Freissinet and the Curiosity Rover Team. .
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The talk and panel are today in the ARMS Artrium!.
Come nerd out with us about space exploration next Tuesday from 2:30-3:30pm. More details here:
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RT @saganorg: Abstract submissions are now being accepted for AbGradCon 2025! . The Astrobiology Graduate Conference is one of the key meet….
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I paid off one of my two student loans today (the provincial one). It took me 19 years. But, we got there eventually.
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Come nerd out with us about space exploration next Tuesday from 2:30-3:30pm. More details here:
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My lab at Purdue is at substantial completion!! I'm so grateful to @PurdueEAPS, for all the support and for this incredible new lab space. My grad students and I are excited to get started on first experiments! 🤘🏻🧬⚗️⚡🧫🧪. #Astrobiology #OriginsOfLife
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Remembering the time I got Wordle in one try. 😌.
I've been playing wordle every morning for a couple years and today is the first time I've gotten the word in ONE! I'm stunned. Maybe my greatest accomplishment. Wordle 737 1/6. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩.
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